Kenji Ito
// pianist & video game composerKENJI ITO is a pianist and video game composer from Tokyo, Japan. He has arranged, composed, and performed several video games soundtracks including “Final Fantasy Adventure: Seiken Densetsu” (1991, Game Boy), “SaGa Frontier” (1997, PlayStation), “Chocobo Racing” (1999, PlayStation), “Shadow Hearts II” (2004, PlayStation 2), and “Concerto Gate” (2007, Windows). Kenji Ito’s soundtrack compilation “Kenji Ito Piano Works Collection: Everlasting Memories” (2006) is available from Scitron Digital Contents., Inc and VGM World.com.
Photo: Koji Suga, Harmonics International Co., Ltd.
Interview:
In Japanese, we call music “ongaku”, and the word “ongaku” means enjoying sound. I like this word very much. I believe sound is worth enjoying for both listeners and music creators. I would be very pleased if my music could make listeners comfortable by enjoying it. I have been composing video game music mainly, such as fantasy Role Playing Games, but I would like to broaden my area of composing, not only in video-game music, but also in my original music featuring piano. In closing, I hope to create heart-warming music, by which people can feel comfortable.
“In Japanese, we call music “ongaku”, and the word “ongaku” means enjoying sound.”
– Kenji Ito, pianist and video game composer
